Aelfflaed

Aefflaed was the second wife of Edward the Elder.

Biography
Aefflaed was the daughter of Ealdorman Aethelhelm of Wiltshire, the richest noble in Wessex during the late 9th century. She was betrothed to marry King Alfred the Great's eldest son and heir Edward in 893, and Edward was charmed that she knew the value of silence, as both of them never wanted to say anything wrong; Edward said that he would love to have such a wise queen. Edward and Aefflaed married in 899, and she gave birth to Aelfweard of England, Eadgifu of Wessex, Eadhild, and Eadgyth. Her husband put her aside in the late 910s to remarry to Eadgifu of Kent, so Aefflaed and her daughters Eadflaed and Aethelhild became nuns at Wilton.